Hull City are hoping to welcome back five players from injury after the international break Leonid Slutsky has confirmed.

After limping out of Tuesday night’s 2-1 defeat to Preston North End with an adductor problem, Stephen Kingsley is the latest injury in the Tigers set up. However, the problem is not expected to keep him on the sidelines for long.

Max Clark will set up to play at left-back for the visit of Birmingham City on Saturday but Kingsley could be fit and available to play in the Tigers’ trip to Norwich City in a fortnight.

Also expected to return from injury is David Marshall who dislocated his finger at the start of the week but it is not thought to be serious.

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However, Slutsky will be especially pleased to welcome Kevin Stewart and Evandro back into the fold after their respective ankle and hamstring injuries.

Stewart has played just ten minutes of competitive football this season after starting against QPR despite struggling with an injury picked up in pre-season, while Evandro is yet to play in the Championship. Brian Lenihan is also expected to overcome a minor problem.

As such, with a handful of players expected to return to the squad, Slutsky could not hide his delight.

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“Yes we hope Kingsley will be back after the international break,” the manager said. “Now our prediction is 10/14 days. There’s no new injuries, only Kingsley.

“All three players are very close and I think will start training after the international break, Evandro, Kevin Stewart and Brian Lenihan.

“For me Kevin is a very important player. He was the most expensive player for us in this transfer window but a good team cannot depend only on one player. He is important player but how he will play we will see because long injury will always be long injury and we will see on his condition.”